| 12.
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Irregularities
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| 12.1 |
Where
a dealer realises, prior to any player handling
their cards, that cards have been dealt
incorrectly, the dealer shall declare a misdeal.
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| 12.2 |
An
incorrect number of cards dealt to the dealer's
hand shall constitute a misdeal.
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| 12.3 |
Two
or more cards incorrectly exposed during the deal
shall constitute a misdeal.
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| 12.4 |
In
the event of a misdeal all wagers shall be void
and a new round of play shall be dealt.
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| 12.5 |
Where
an exposed card is dealt it shall not constitute
a misdeal. The dealer shall turn the card over
and continue dealing, subject to rule 12.6.
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| 12.6 |
If a
community card is exposed in error during the
deal it shall constitute a misdeal and all wagers
shall be void and a new round of play shall be
dealt, except that play will continue if a
community card is exposed in error after the
players have handled their cards.
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| 12.7 |
A
player's hand containing too few cards or too
many cards shall be declared void.
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| 12.8 |
Where
a dealer realises, after a player has handled
his/her cards, that a hand has been dealt to a
playing area that does not contain a wager the
cards for that hand shall be counted and placed
in the discard rack.
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| 12.9 |
If,
prior to a player handling his/her cards , the
dealer becomes aware that a wager does not comply
with rule 5.2., the player must, upon request:
| 12.9.1 |
correct the wager on wagering
areas 1, 2 or $ within the stated table
minimums and maximums in order to comply
with rule 5.2; or
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| 12.9.2 |
fold, whereupon the dealer shall
collect the cards and return the wager
made.
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| 12.10 |
If,
subsequent to a player handling his/her cards the
dealer becomes aware that a wager does not comply
with rule 5.2, the player must upon request
correct the wager accordingly. Should the player
fail to correct the wager, he/she may be
precluded from further participation in the game.
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| 12.11 |
Where
a player or players are suspected of viewing
another player's cards or collecting information
from other active or non-active players, a casino
supervisor may:
| 12.11.1 |
direct the player or players
concerned to play their hand prior to
other players handling their cards before
the dealer shows the first community
card; or
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| 12.11.2 |
restrict players suspected of
collusion from playing together at the
same table; or
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| 12.11.3 |
direct the players on a table to
speak English at all times; or
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| 12.11.4 |
direct that a player or players
be precluded from playing.
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| 12.12 |
Where
a player, who makes a wager in accordance with
rule 5.2, has not viewed his/her cards and is not
present to make a decision in regard to the cards
dealt to that playing area, that hand shall
become void and the wager returned.
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| 12.13 |
Where
a player has viewed his/her cards and is not
present to make a decision, in regard to the
cards dealt to that playing area, in accordance
with rule 8.3 and/or rule 8.4 the wager or wagers
remaining will be treated as Let it Ride, with
that player accepting responsibility for any
subsequent result.
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